Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Apartment Life

02 Feb 2003, 22:28 p.m.

Poetry Slum

Another trick to not getting booed by hostile audiences: rap or recite poetry at them so quickly that they hear no pause to fill up with booing. In that spirit, well, in a completely different …

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12 Jan 2003, 7:54 a.m.

I turned into Andy Holloway for a weekend. I'm…

I turned into Andy Holloway for a weekend. I'm still up, dawn has long since broken, but my room has order and a visible carpet and décor. Michael: "Any time you feel conflicted about your …

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23 Dec 2002, 9:34 a.m.

The Island of Mathematicians and Morons

Last night Michael shared a logic problem with Devin and me. Evidently Smullyan, in What Is the Name Of This Book?, mistakenly said it was insoluble, and Michael corrected him. But it took Michael at …

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23 Dec 2002, 1:19 a.m.

Pinging in the Rain

Well, I'm sure rain will come soon enough. My point: I finally implemented network access in my room, with Michael's help. Finally, broadband on Unix in my room! I never knew I wanted this till …

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21 Dec 2002, 22:02 p.m.

Flashback to AcaDec

My flatmate is watching Saturday Night Fever (IMDB entry). I heard, on the soundtrack, "Night on Disco Mountain," which reminded me of good old "Night on Bald Mountain" from my Academic Decathlon days in high …

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29 Nov 2002, 9:35 a.m.

Yesterday the flatmates and a friend and I spent about…

Yesterday the flatmates and a friend and I spent about six hours, on and off, making food. There was turkey and mashed potatoes and cranberry-sauce salad and pumpkin pie and gravy, and I made a …

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25 Nov 2002, 9:04 a.m.

A good evening last night: the flatmates and I made…

A good evening last night: the flatmates and I made burritos and ate them. A feast! Sure, I usually use avocadoes, tomatoes, lettuce, Herdez salsa, cheese, and sour cream, but I never would have thought …

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